Here's some real handy tips for when you are shopping at ShoeBuy. Ways to find what YOU are looking for fast & easy. Have a quick read. They'll save you a lot of time and make your shopping much more enjoyable. IN A HURRY? If you're an experienced user of Search Fields you can jump straight to the ShoeBuy.com Home Page here or jump directly to the Specific Shoe Category and Brand links at the bottom of this page. ShoeBuy is a very popular supplier of quality shoes onlline. They've got a LOT of shoes. Really LOTS! In fact with so many brands, styles, colors, models, sizes and so on it can be a bit challenging to find just exactly what you're looking for. With a little help and a bit of knowledge though it's really a piece of cake. And you have a very wide selection from a quality supplier at great prices. They also provide FREE Shipping AND FREE Return Shipping too. This is very comforting to know if you have any issues at all with your order. That's pretty hard to beat. You get treated the way you deserve to be treated. So how do you find that one (or more) pair of 'just right' shoes among the hundreds of thousands of shoes they offer? Please read on. Hints Be patient! Don't panic! There is a gold mine here once you know a few of the 'secrets'! Have an idea of the general type or category of footwear you're interested in. If you have a specific brand or even a model/catalog number for a shoe, even better. Start by using their 'Search' features to narrow down your search. This works best when you do your searches in stages based on how much or how little information you actually have on the shoe you're looking for. Let's walk through an example together to help you get the hang of it. First click ShoeBuy.com Home Page. This opens their home page in another window so you can follow these instructions and do it yourself. Enter the term "women's walking shoes" (no quotes necessary) in the Search field near the top left of the page. This gives you a list of almost 1,000 items. Still a bit unwieldy? Let's narrow it down some more. Look at the left side of the page in the column with the RED words that say "Narrow Results for Womens Walking Shoes". This column will appear on every page of your search. Here you can then choose how to narrow your list further. Let's start by brand. First go to the bottom of the Brand section and click on "see Full List". (alternately you can just use the list as first shown to look at only the top 10 brands. Note this is the top list by sales volume and is NOT an indicator of the top quality shoes!). Let's choose ECCO ================================================== SIDEBAR Our focus at The Walking Store is always and without apology on the best quality shoes we can find. We firmly believe these shoes provide the best value, greatest comfort, longest life and optimal performance over time. We love the feeling of confidence, trust in the maker, joy and pride we get when we put on a pair! Our favorite brands in walking shoes include Clarks, Drew (special shoes for diabetics), Dunham, ECCO, Finn, and Mephisto, (the true Rolls Royce of great shoes). In the categories of hiking, backpacking, trail running, water shoes and sport sandals we are big fans of ECCO, Garmont, Keen, Montrail, and Vasque footwear. We have personally owned and worn all of these brands but two. People whose judgement and knowledge of shoes we respect very highly have recommend Garmont and Montrail be added to this list. We gladly welcome your suggestions too! Just drop us a line. =================================================== From here you can choose to narrow your search by your preferred color, size, width and price (one click at a time). Let's choose 'White' as our color. This gives us a much shorter list of shoes to look at (about 10 rather than 1,000!). It's getting easier! Once you're here you can narrow your search further and pick what Size, Color, Price and Features you're most interested in. For this example we will not make any of those choices. Now you have a window with a title above a few products that says ECCO White Women's Waling Shoes and to the right of that title you have two more important drop down menus to help you narrow your search more should you wish. You can Sort By 8 different categories and Display how many shoes per page you wish to look at. Easier still! Let's click on the first shoe on the page in the top left position (at the time of writing this is a Women's ECCO Mobile 20263). Now you have a number of other options available to you. You can look at that shoe in different colors if you choose. look at a larger picture, look at a Size Conversion Chart and Add To Cart. If your size is out of stock you can asked to be advised when it is in stock. Shopping Trick! - if you're going to be looking at a number of shoes and just might have a teensy bit of trouble remembering all that you looked at just do this. Add them all to your cart while you are shopping. You haven't actually purchased anything at this stage and can always go to your Shopping Cart (at the very top of the page to the left ) at any time. You can see ALL of the ones you looked at and put there. Always a good idea anyway before you actually buy. Click on the Item Name to see the product again. If you wish to remove it from your cart, just check the box in the Remove column. Finally click on Recalculate Totals at the bottom center right of your list of items. Another VERY USEFUL feature we find is Customer Reviews at the bottom of the page. You get a real world feel for how other folks feel about these particular shoes outside of any sales hype. Note that only the first five reviews are shown here. You can click on View All Reviews just above the first review to look at all of them if you choose, (If there are no reviews, it is not the end of the world, it just means that no one has bothered to write one yet)! OK. That pretty much covers the basics. Have a great time looking for your special shoes! Direct Links To Specific Shoe Categories & Brands Try out your new found shopping skills. You can use these links as starting points if you like. You can narrow your search from there by size, color, brand. Note too that wherever possible these searches start by displaying 36 shoes per page. Don't forget to look at more than the first page! You can miss some great deals that way. These are our preferred brands based on our experience and knowledge of shoes over the years. We have worn 8 of the 11 brands mentioned. Others have been recommended by experienced outdoor people whose judgement and analysis skills we value highly. Home Page ShoeBuy.com Women's Shoes By Category Women's Walking Shoes Women's Hiking Shoes Women's Backpacking Boots Women's Trail Running Shoes Women's Walking Sandals Women's Sport Sandals Women's Water Sandals Men's Shoes By Category Men's Walking Shoes Men's Hiking Shoes Men's Backpacking Boots Men's Trail Running Shoes Men's Walking Sandals Men's Sport Sandals Men's Water Sandals Women's Shoes By Preferred Brand Note that these links take you to the page most relevant to the types of shoes we carry here - walking, hiking, etc. Do look further under the Category section on the left side of the page for more selections. Blundstone Women's Walking Boot Clarks Walking Sandals Drew Walking Shoes - Specialty Diabetic and Arthritic Feet Shoes Dunham Women's Outdoor Shoes ECCO Women's Walking Shoes Finn Comfort Walking Shoes Garmont Women's Hiking Shoes Keen Women's Outdoor Shoes & Sandals Mephisto Women's Walking Shoes Montrail Women's Hiking Shoes Vasque Women's Hiking Boots & Shoes Men's Shoes By Preferred Brand Note that these links take you to the page most relevant to the types of shoes we carry here - walking, hiking, etc. Do look further under the Category section on the left side of the page for more selections. Blundstone Men's Walking Boots Clarks Men's Walking Shoes Drew Men's Walking Shoe - Specialty Shoes for Diabetic and Arthritic Feet Dunham Men's Outdoor Shoe ECCO Men's Walking Shoes Finn Comfort Men's Walking Shoe Garmont Men's Outdoor Shoes Keen Men's Outdoor Shoes & Sandals Mephisto Men's Walking Shoes Montrail Men's Outdoor Shoes Vasque Men's Hiking Shoes We wish you great success in finding what you're looking for at ShoeBuy.com. If you should have a need for a unique size or width in a shoe, do get back to us. Even very large retailers don't always carry all the very large, very narrow or very wide shoes available that people sometimes want. Of special note is the fact that Vasque is one manufacturer that has an extended range of these choices, again not always kept on the shelf. If for whatever reason you are not happy with your experience at ShoeBuy.com please do let us know. 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